Baby Aspen is two weeks old now. She has been sleeping fairly well, but has been sick with congestion the last few days. Trying to keep a newborn germ free with three boys coming home from school/preschool/playgroup every day seems to be an impossible chore...despite wearing masks (see below), hand sanitizing until skin cracks and limiting holding time so much that the boys are crying. The boys had conjunctivitis over a week ago and we did an extra job of keeping Aspen clean during that time. They cleared up completely and almost a week later Aspen got it out of no where :-( She's handling the sickness pretty well and is getting over both pretty well. I'm sure she'll be happy to eat and not run out of breath anymore.
I got about four different cheap macro lens attachments of one kind or another and finally was able to test them out on Aspen. Two of them are so extreme that I can't do more than take a picture of a single fingernail, and only half of it. The other one is so extreme that I can only take a small portion of the fingernail, like a hang nail (see other pictures down lower). One works really well and I was able to take the following.
Marisa took a few pictures as well in between feedings. She is doing much better and is excited to start taking Aspen out and about next week when they are both feeling better.
Here are my ultra macro shots of Aspen's right thumb.
Baby Aspen on her only trip out to see friends and future boyfriend Eli.
We worried about Caeden and how he would react to a new baby in the family. He has done really well and loves his new sister. Here is a picture that I love. He was trying soooo hard to help us out when we were taking some pictures. He wanted to pull the sheet over to hold it as a light diffuser. He just stood there and was glad to help out although he had a funny face in this picture, it seemed to capture a little bit of his life so well.
Here he made some mess on the glass and got out the windex to clean it up himself. He couldn't find the rag so he used his shirt and gave us a nice shot of his "window cleaner crack."
I got about four different cheap macro lens attachments of one kind or another and finally was able to test them out on Aspen. Two of them are so extreme that I can't do more than take a picture of a single fingernail, and only half of it. The other one is so extreme that I can only take a small portion of the fingernail, like a hang nail (see other pictures down lower). One works really well and I was able to take the following.
Marisa took a few pictures as well in between feedings. She is doing much better and is excited to start taking Aspen out and about next week when they are both feeling better.
Here are my ultra macro shots of Aspen's right thumb.
Baby Aspen on her only trip out to see friends and future boyfriend Eli.
We worried about Caeden and how he would react to a new baby in the family. He has done really well and loves his new sister. Here is a picture that I love. He was trying soooo hard to help us out when we were taking some pictures. He wanted to pull the sheet over to hold it as a light diffuser. He just stood there and was glad to help out although he had a funny face in this picture, it seemed to capture a little bit of his life so well.
Here he made some mess on the glass and got out the windex to clean it up himself. He couldn't find the rag so he used his shirt and gave us a nice shot of his "window cleaner crack."
